Lantern.



PATENTBD APR. 1'7, 1906.

J. H. HILL. LANTERN.

APPLIGATION FILED Nov. e. 1905.

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JAMES H. HILL, OF ROCHESTER, NEW

LANTERN & STAMPING COMPANY, OF ROCHESTER,

YORK, ASSIGNOR TO DEFIANCE NEW YORK.

LANTERN.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented. .April 1'7, 1906.

Application filed November 6,1905. SerialNo. 286.068.

To all whom, it 11i/ay concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES H. HILL, a resident of Rochester, in thecounty of Monroe and State of New York, have invented certain.

new and useful Improvements in Lanterns; and I do hereby declare thefollowing to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention,such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it pertains tomake and use the same.

This invention relates to lanterns, and has for its object to simplifyand cheapen the upper parts of the lantern-frame, to facilitate theassemblage of such parts, and increase their efliciency.

The invention consists in the construction hereinafter described andpointed out.

In the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification,Figure 1 is a vertical central section of the improved lantern-top. Fig.2 is a partial view of a split ring, the ends of said ring beingseparated to show their form. i

Numeral 1 denotes a cap supported upon posts 2, rising from the upperedge of a capsupporting globe ring extension or split ring 3, the tipsof the posts entering slots in the cap and bent, as at 4X. This ring isconnected by tongues 4 with the upper part of a globe-ring 5. Tofacilitate this connection, as well as to cheapen the cost ofmanufacture, the globe-ring has formed integrally therewith acircumferential shoulder terminating in an inwardly-inclined ange 6approximately of frusto-conical form. This is provided at its junctionwith the integral horizontal shoulder with slots 7 to receive thetongues 4, which in practice are bent, as indicated, after they havebeen entered in the slots. These slots 7 may be made each a littlelonger than the width of a tongue. The flange 6 is made integral withthe globe-ring and furnishes a seat or support both for the split ringand a flanged spring-holding ring to be described.

8 denotes a loose flanged ring, L-shaped in cross -section, in which isseated a coiled spring 9, which ring coniines the lower coil of thespring and is held in place thereby. This flanged ring acts to guide airupwardly and past or away from the tube-openings in the tube-ring 9a,which latter ring is connected to the lantern-base by air-tubes in theusual manner. The flanged air-ring 8 is in operative position whateverthe situation of the air-tubes, and no circumferential adjustment isrequired, as in prior constructions, and no soldering is required to fixthis ring, which is a wind-guard as well as spring-holder.

The split ring 3 is cut away between the tongues 4 to provideair-passages 10, whereby the inductive effect of a transverseair-current under the cap will cause an infiow through openings 11 inthe base of the tube-ring without injuriously affecting the flow throughthe tubes or the escape of gases from the globe.

The ends of the split ring 3 are provided, one of them with a tongue 12and the other with tongues 13 and 14, substantially as shown, wherebywhen said ends are joined with the tongue 12 on the inside of one endand the other tongues on the inside of the opposite end the ring iscomplete and noncompressible.v Upon withdrawing tongue 13 from withinthe opposite ring. end and allowing it to play freely on the outside theupper end of the ring 3 can be compressed and reduced in diameter. Theglobe-ring 5 and split ring 3 are first connected by means of thetongues 4 and slots 7. The upper end of ring 3 being compressed, asbefore described, the ring 8 is passed down over it and the springseated therein. The tube-ring is next placed in position, the upper endof the split ring being still suitably compressed. The free ends of thelatter ring can then be interlocked by means of the several tongues 12,13, and 14. In this situation the upper edge of the tube-ring restsunder the bead 15, formed on the split ring. This bead serves to stiffenthe upper end of said ring and forms a base for the outset portions 16of the posts 2, which impart rigidity to said posts.

By the described construction the cap-supporting globe-ring extensionrequires no soldering or riveting. It can be compressed to facilitateassemblage or disassociation of the connected parts and it can be lockedin rigid form for normal uses.

What I claim is- 1. In a lantern-top, the globe-ring, combined with anextension consisting of a separate split compressible extension-ringcomprising means integral therewith for fixing the ring ends together.

2. In a lantern-top, the globe-ring, com- IOO bined with a separateextension comprising a split ring, said ring being compressible tofacilitate assemblage therewith of other rings and devices to connectthe ends ofthe ring to make it incompressible in use.

3. In a lantern-top, the globe-rin combined with an extension consistingo' a separate oompressible split extension-ring comprising meansintegral therewith for iiXing the ring ends together, said ring havingair-passages 10 at the bottom incommunicationwith air-passages 1l ofthetube-ring.

4. In a lantern-top, the globe-ring, combined with a separate extensioncomprising a split ring having tongues to connect its ends, and with atube-ring, said globe-ring having an inwardly-inclined integral topprovided with slots for said tongues, a spring-holding ring, and aspring, said spring-holding ring being loosely seated on the @lobe-ringand the split ring provided with devices detachably connecting it tosaid globe-ring.

5. The combination of the globe-ring having the inner integral inclinedflange, the loose spring-holding ring seated on the globering at thefoot of its inclined ange, and the detachable split globe-ringextension.

6. The combination of the tube-ring and tubes, the globe-ringterminating in a plane below the mouth of said tubes, the split-ringextension of the globe-ring, means for detachabl'y connecting saidextension to the globe-ring, said split ring being compressible tofacilitate assemblage of parts, and means acl) render it incompressibleafter such assem- 7g. The globe-ring provided with a seat for aspring-holding ring, said latter ring being loosely seated on theglobe-ring, a separate globe extension-ring, and means for detachablyconnecting it to the globe-ring within the spring-holding ring.

In testimony whereof I have signed'this specification in the presence oftwo subscribing witnesses.

JAMES H. HILL.

Witnesses:

J. D. HENRY, F. A. RUSSELL.

